Vehicle cab



April 5 1927 C.. J. CROPP .VEHICLE CAB Filed May 5, 1924 2 Sheen-Sheetv1 l c. .1. cRoPP VEHICLE GAB Aprilv s, 1921'.y 1,623,830

Filed May 5,. A1924 2 Sheets-Sheet ,2

Patented Apr. 5, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLAUDE J. cRoPP, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

VEHICLE CAB.

Application mea May 5, 1924. semina. 711,179.

y position in which free access of the air may p be had to the interiorof the cab as Vis desired in slimmer or good weather.

lilith this general object in view the invention consists in a certainconstruction and combination of parts of which apreferred embodiment isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is -a sideView of a vehicle cab embodying the invention, the storm sash beingshown in closed position.

Figure 2 is a central vertical sectional view of the structure of Figure1, the seat Aback being shown in its normally raised position andindicatedY in its temporarily collapsed condition in dotted lines.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 8-8 of Figure 1, theforward element of the storm window being shown in closed position.

Figure 4 is a sectionl on the line 4 4 of Figure 8.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 3, showing the storm Windows inpartially folded position preparatory to the complete opening of thecab.

Figure 6 is another view similar to Figure 3 showing the storm window incomplete folded position.

Figure 7 is a horizontal sectional View taken on the line 7 7 of Figure1 but showing the parts in the position indicated in Figure 6, one ofthe entrance doors being partially open.

Figure 8 is a detail perspective view of the folding element 7.

The cab is preferably adapted for trucks and like vehicles although withproper refinement of design it may be employed in connection with sedansand coupes. In the present instance it is provided with a back 1 and thesides 2 constructed in any acceptable manner, entrance doors 3 beingprovided on opposite sides to permit access to the cab and a seat 4being provided and equipped with a hinged or swinging back 5 which isspaced from the back of the cab and held normally in its elevatedposition by a spring latch 6 of any conventional form.

The storni window consists of the foldably connected elements 7 and 8 ofwhich the latter is hinged to the former by pivotal connections withears 9 projecting laterally from the upper and lower corners of thefoldable element 7. The element 8 is therefore offset laterally from theelement 7 so that it may be folded back with respect to the latter asindicated in Figure 5. The

. upstanding flange 10 on the upper edge of the panel 11 of the sidewall intervenes between the two elements 7 and 8 when in the foldedposition indicated in Figure 5 and this flange acts as a stop orabutment fiange for the element 7 to limit it to a. positionsubstantially in the plane of the panel l1. The intervening of theupstanding Harige 10 between the two elements 7 and 8 when in foldedposition as in Figure 5 holds the two elements 7 and 8 Awhen the latteris folded, that is, folded back over the panel as in Figure 5. While inthis position there is no movement possible for the two elements,especially when the button or fastening device 22 is connected `to theelement 8 to hold it in a folded position. In other words, the flangel() prevents outward swinging movement of the element 7 and alsoprevents inward swinging movement of the element 8, that is, when thetwo elements are folded as in Figure 5. This flange 10 fits between thetwo elements and acts as a means to prevent undue movement of such partsand to prevent rattling. The door. 3 is provided with a stop bead 14 andadjacent the top the cab is also provided with a stop bead 16, the beads14 and 16 serving as stops for the element 8 when the latter is inposition over the door 3, as in the case of the cab being completelyenclosed.

The foldable elements 7 and 8 of the storm windows are adapted forcomplete folding against the back 1 of the cab for disposition behindthe back 5 of the seat and to this end the element 7 is pivotallymounted on a rod 18 disposed vertically in the corner of the cab at thejuncture of the side and rear walls, the pivotal connection consistingof hinged elements 19 carried by the panel or element 7 for both slidingand turning movement on the rod. In this folding operation, the element8 is swung outwardly to a position approximating perpendicularity withthe element 7 the latter at the same time being swung inwardly, theclearance space longitudinally between the upstanding liange l-O and thebead 14C providing for the passage of .the element 8 between them untilfinally, when it clears them, it may be folded down against the element7 and the whole swungvback against the back wall of the cab which willpermit the folded elements to slide down to the floor of the cab. Ofcourse it is necessary that the back be lowered in moving the elementsto their folded position behind the seat. A lateral ear 2() projectinginwardly from the panel and behind the back 5 and serves not only tosupport vthe bac-lr lat itsV end when in its raised position 1out alsoserves as a `guide to direct the folded eiements f4' and 8 to their seator pocket behind the back. The `element S of the folding windows isprovided with a notch 21 by which they may be raSed preparatory tomoving them to cab enclosing' position.

When the windows are in the partial open position indicated in Figure 5,the element 8 is held in its folded position against the element 7v bymeans of a button 29 or im equivalent fastening device.

The door 3 is designed to operate and in everyway like the usual doorsprovided in cabs of this character, as is also the wind shield 23disposed at the front of the cab.

lil order to provide for ventilation through the rear wall or for thecirculation of air through the cab, the back 1 is pro,- vided with asliding window 24; mounted in a suitable guide 25.

{aving described the invention, what is claimed as new .and useful is:T

.1. A cab. for vehicles comprising a side wall embodying a panel and alcorre-spoucL ing entrance door, an upstandi-np,` abutment tia-nge on.the panel, a foldable storm window consisting of hingedly connectedelements, one being hingedly connected at the rear corner of the cab andadapted to assume a position on one? side of the abutment liange, theother element, when folded, adapted to assume a position on the oppositeside of the abutment flange, and latch means carried by the cab foroperative connection with the folding element, whereby the abutment'Hnge prevents pivotal movement of the two elements toward the Vback ofthe cab.

A. cab foil a vehicle having` a side wall and a back wall, a fulcrum inthe corner of the side and vertical walls extending from the top to thebottom of the cab, the side wall embodying a panel and an entrance door,a foldable storm window consisting of hingedly connected ,elementsdisposed in normally parallel planes and of which one is pivotally andslida-bly mounted upon said fulcrum, whereby it may fold adjacent thebaci: of the cab and down behind a seat of the cab, the other` elementbeing folded to a position adjacent the first element on the top edge ofthe panel, means disposed on the upper edge of the panel for dispositionbetween the two elements, said means holding them in position andassisting in' preventing movement of said elements in aV directiontowardthe back of the cab, and a latch carried by the cab to operativelyenwith the second said folding element. ln testimony whereof he affixeshis signat-nre.

CLAUDE J. CROP?.

